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(Amendment    1    to 
B.  A.  I.  Order  158J 


United  States  Department  of  Agriculture/  - 

BUREAU    OF    ANIMAL    INDUSTRY. 


UNIV.  OF  FL  LIB 
DOCUMENTS  QEPT 


U.S.  DEPOSITORY 


AMENDMENT  1  TO  RULE   1,  REVISION  4.-T0  PREVENT  THE  SPREAD 
OF  SPLENETIC  FEVER  IN  CATTLE. 


Amendment  Regarding  Irion  and  Sterling  Counties  and  a  Portion  of  Tom 
Green  County  in  the  State  of  Texas. 


Effective  on  and  after  June  1,  1909. 


United  States  Department  of  Agriculture, 

.  Office  of  the  Secretary. 

It  is  ordered  that  that  portion  of  Rule  1,  Revision  4,  to  prevent  the 
spread  of  splenetic  fever  in  cattle,  effective  on  and  after  April  1,  1909, 
which  relates  to  the  quarantine  in  the  State  of  Texas,  is  hereby  amended 
to  read  as  follows : 

TEXAS. 

"The  entire  State  of  Texas  is  quarantined,  with  the  exception  of  the 
counties  of  Dallam,  Sherman,  Hansford,  Ochiltree,  Lipscomb,  Hartley, 
Moore,  Hutchinson,  Roberts,  Hemphill,  Oldham,  Potter,  Carson,  Gray, 
Wheeler,  Deaf  Smith,  Randall,  Armstrong,  Donley,  Collingsworth, 
Parmer,  Castro,  Swisher,  Briscoe,  Hall,  Childress,  Bailey,  Lamb,  Hale, 
Floyd,  Motley,  Cochran,  Hockley,  Lubbock,  Crosby,  Dickens,  Yoakum, 
Terry,  Lynn,  Garza,  Kent,  Gaines,  Dawson,  Andrews,  Martin,  El  Paso, 
Jeff  Davis,  Presidio,  Brewster,  Reeves,  Loving,  Winkler,  Ector,  Mid- 
land, and  Ward. 

During  the  continuance  of  this  quarantine  no  cattle  of  the  counties 
of  Cottle,  Hardeman,  Foard,  Wilbarger,  King,  Knox,  Baylor,  Stonewall, 
Haskell,  Borden,  Scurry,  Fisher,  Jones,  Howard,  Mitchell,  Glasscock, 
Crane,  Upton,  Reagan,  or  of  those  portions  of  the  counties  of  Pecos  and 
Terrell  north  and  west  of  a  line  beginning  at  the  southwest  corner  of 
Terrell  County ;  thence  in  a  northerly  direction  to  the  northwest  corner 
of  section  No.  63,  block  D10,  Texasr;Central!Railway  Company;  thence 
north  along  the  western  boundary  of  sections  Nos.  64,  65,  66,  67,  68,  69, 
70,  71,  and  72  of  said  block  D10  to  the  northwest  corner  of  said  section 
No.  72 ;  thence  continuing  north  through  the  western  parts  of  sections 
Nos.  36,  25,  24,  13,  12,  and  1,  block  150,  Texas  and  St.  Louis  Railroad 
Company,  to  the  roadbed  of  the  Galveston,  Harrisburg  and  San  Antonio 
Railroad  Company ;  thence  southeasterly,  following  the  roadbed  of  the 


said  Galveston,  Harrisburg  and  San  Antonio  Railroad  Company  to  a 
point  on  section  No.  36,  block  A2,  Galveston,  Harrisburg  and  San 
Antonio  Railroad  Company  ;  thence  north  with  the  pasture  fence  through 
the  eastern  part  of  sections  Nos.  36,  13,  and  12  of  said  block  A2  and 
across  section  No.  1,  Gulf,  Colorado  and  Santa  Fe  Railway  Company; 
thence  continuing  north  with  said  pasture  fence  through  the  eastern 
part  of  sections  Nos.  16,  17,  46,  47,  76,  77,  106,  107,  136,  137,  142,  143, 
and  194,  block  D,  Missouri,  Kansas  and  Texas  Extension  Railway  Com- 
pany ;  thence  continuing  in  a  northerly  direction  to  a  point  on  the 
northern  boundary  of  section  No  6,  block  160,  Gulf,  Colorado  and 
Santa  Fe  Railway  Company,  same  being  corner  of  pasture  fence  ;  thence 
east  along  the  northern  boundary  of  sections  Nos.  6,  9,  10,  11,  12,  15, 
and  16,  block  160,  Gulf,  Colorado  and  Santa  Fe  Railway  Company,  to 
the  northeast  corner  of  said  section  No.  16,  the  same  being  corner  of 
pasture  fence  ;  thence  in  a  northerly  direction  with  the  eastern  boundary 
of  sections  Nos.  22,  21,  20,  23,  24,  25,  26,  27,  28,  29,  30,  31,  and  32, 
block  1,  Corpus  Christi,  San  Diego  and  Rio  Grande  Narrow  Gauge 
Railway  Company,  to  the  northeast  corner  of  said  section  No.  32 ; 
thence  west  with  the  northern  boundary  of  sections  Nos.  32  and  33, 
same  block,  to  the  northwest  corner  of  section  No.  33,  block  1, 
Corpus  Christi,  San  Diego  and  Rio  Grande  Narrow  Gauge  Railway 
Company,  corner  of  fence ;  thence  north  with  the  eastern  boundary 
of  sections  Nos.  1,  12,  13,  24,  25,  36,  37,  48,  49,  60,  61,  and  72, 
block  2,  Corpus  Christi,  San  Diego  and  Rio  Grande  Narrow  Gauge 
Railway  Company,  to  the  northeast  corner  of  said  section  No.  72 ; 
thence  in  an  easterly  direction  with  the  pasture  fence  to  the  southeast 
corner  of  section  No.  9,  patented  to  James  E.  Evans ;  thence  north  along 
the  eastern  boundary  of  said  section  No.  9  to  the  northwest  corner  of 
section  No.  100,  block  A2,  Texas  Central  Railway  Company;  thence 
east  with  the  northern  boundary  of  sections  Nos.  100  and  89,  same 
block,  to  the  northeast  corner  of  said  section  No.  89,  block  A2,  Texas 
Central  Railway  Compan3T;  thence  north  along  the  eastern  boundary 
of  sections  Nos.  90,  91,  92,  and  93  to  the  southeast  corner  of 
section  No.  94,  block  A2,  Texas  Central  Railway  Company;  thence 
northwest  diagonally  across  section  No.  94  to  the  northwest  corner 
of  said  section ;  thence  continuing  in  a  northwesterly  direction 
diagonally  across  sections  Nos.  14,  18,  and  28  to  the  northeast 
corner  of  section  No.  29,  block  C4,  Gulf,  Colorado  and  Santa  Fe 
Railway  Company;  thence  west  with  the  northern  boundary  of  said 
section  No.  29  to  the  northwest  corner  of  said  section ;  thence 
northwest  diagonally  across  section  No.  1.  Texas  Central  Railway 
Company,  section  No.  97,  block  194,  Gulf,  Colorado  and  Santa  Fe  Rail- 
way Company,  to  the  northeast  corner  of  section  No.  96 ;  thence  in  a 
northerly  direction  across  section  No.  94  to  a  point  on  its  northern 
boundary  600  varas  west  of  its  northeast  corner;  thence  continuing 
north  through  sections  Nos.  93,  90,  89,  86,  85,  and  58,  block  194,  Gulf, 
Colorado  and  Santa  Fe  Railway  Company,  to  a  point  on  the  northern 
boundary  of  said  section  No.  58 ;  thence  northwesterly  with  the  pasture 
fence  through  section  No.  59  to  the  northeast  corner  of  section  No.  82 
and  the  southeast  corner  of  section  No.  81,  same  block;  thence  con- 
tinuing northwesterly  to  section  No.  17,  Houston  and  Great  Northern 
Railroad  Company ;  thence  north  along  the  eastern  boundary  of  said 
section  No.  17  to  the   Pecos  River;    thence  northwesterly  along  said 


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Pecos  River  to  the  northwest  corner  of  Crockett  County,  shall  he  moved 
or  allowed  to  move,  except  afi  provided  for  immediate  slaughter,  to  any 
point  in  the  United  States  not  in  the  State  of  Texas  which  is  located 
in  an  area  not  quarantined  for  splenetic,  southern,  or  Texas  fever  unless 
and  until  the  said  cattle  shall  have  been  continuously  kept  on  premises 
known  to  have  been  free  of  infection  for  at  least  six  months  and  unless 
and  until  the  cattle  shall  have  been  inspected  and  found  free  of  infec- 
tion and  a  certificate  authorizing  the  shipment  issued  by  an  inspector 
of  the  Bureau  of  Animal  Industry,  nor  until  permission  shall  have  been 
obtained  in  advance  of  the  movement  from  the  proper  oflicial  of  the 
State  or  Territory  into  which  the  cattle  are  to  be  shipped. 

From  the  other  counties  and  portions  of  counties  in  that  part  of  Texas 
which  is  quarantined  for  splenetic,  southern,  or  Texas  fever,  cattle  shall 
only  be  moved  or  allowed  to  move  interstate  to  points  outside  of  the 
quarantined  area  in  accordance  with  the  regulations  for  immediate 
slaughter." 

The  effect  of  this  order  is  to  place  the  counties  of  Irion  and  Sterling 
and  that  portion  of  Tom  Green  County  west  of  a  line  extending  due 
north  from  the  northeast  corner  of  Irion  County  to  the  southern  boundary 
of  Coke  County  in  the  quarantined  area  from  which  cattle  shall  only 
be  moved  or  allowed  to  move  interstate  in  accordance  with  the  regula- 
tions for  immediate  slaughter. 

Done  at  Washington  this  twenty-first  day  of 
May,  1909. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  the  Depart- 
ment of  Agriculture. 

James  Wilson, 
Secretary  of  Agriculture. 


